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Table 4 Treatment outcomes of new and retreatment TB patients from three hospitals, Ethiopian Somali Regional state

From: Do retreatment tuberculosis patients need special treatment response follow-up beyond the standard regimen? Finding of five-year retrospective study in pastoralist setting

Treatment Category

Treatment outcome

Successful n (%)

Died n (%)

Failure n (%)

Defaulted n (%)

New (n = 1228)

1077 (87.7)

52 (4.2)

4 (0.3)

95 (7.7)

Retreatment (n = 128)

101 (78.9)

13 (10.2)

6 (4.7)

8 (6.2)